General Information

WIC Program

Participant eligibility is based on three things, category, income, and nutritional risk.

Categories

Women - pregnant women, postpartum breastfeeding women up to one year after delivery while nursing, and postpartum non-breastfeeding women up to six months after delivery or termination of the pregnancy.

Infants – from birth up to one year of age

Children – from one year of age up to the age of 5

Income

Calculated on the family income at 185% or less of federal poverty level.
Click here for published guidelines.

Nutritional Risk

Documentation of Eligibility

When you come to your WIC appointment, you will be asked to bring the following as documentation of eligibility:

Proof of Income

Paycheck stub--30 days worth dated within 60 days

If paid weekly bring four pay stubs

If paid bi-weekly bring two pay stubs

Federal tax forms

Disability letter

Social Service eligibility letter

Proof of Residency

Mailed to participant in last 30 days

Must show your name and current physical address

Current utility bill or personal bill

Rent or Mortgage receipt

Bank statement

Current Social Services eligibility letter

Proof of Identification

Adult

Picture ID

Current driver's license (not expired)

Passport

State issued ID card

Work or school ID

Infant/Child

Birth certificate

Hospital certificate of birth

Hospital discharge paperwork

Shot record

Social Services letter with identifying information

Physical Presence

Federal regulations require that all applications or clients seeking or continuing participation in the WIC program must be physically present, except in certain limited situations, at each certification.

Ways to Have WIC Work for You

Participants are seen on a walk-in basis except on Friday.

Come during your scheduled week, missed appointments are seen after participants in scheduled week.

Always take your WIC ID Folder to your WIC appointment and to the store.

Buy the correct foods and in the amounts stated on your check.

Use your WIC foods for individual listed on check. They can’t be returned to the store for money or given away or sold to someone else.

Be sure to bring the information that WIC staff needs when they ask for it.

Tell the WIC staff about any changes in your name, address or phone number.

Additional Information

FNS nutrition assistance programs, State or local agencies, and their subrecipients, must post the following Nondiscrimination Statement:

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992.

Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights